1922 – 2016 AUBURN — Lucille Bailey Welch, 94, formerly of Lewiston, passed away peacefully Monday, March 21, at the Hospice House, following a long illness. She was born in Yarmouth on Jan. 18, 1922, the daughter of Charles and Marjorie (Fessenden) Bailey. Lucille was educated in Auburn schools, and graduated from Edward Little High […]
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Rethink globalist agendas
The President of France recently announced that France will continue to accept 30,000 Muslim refugees and political elites are praising his “courage.” Courage? What are they trying to prove? Long before the recent crisis, France has struggled to integrate their Muslim populations. Despite generous “cradle-to-grave” social programs, their Muslim communities are poor and marginalized, with […]
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Two suspects killed in French raid on Paris apartment
PARIS — Gunshots and explosions rang out from the northern suburb of Saint-Denis early Wednesday as more than 100 French police and army troops laid siege to an apartment with at least six terror suspects, potentially including the alleged ringleader of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris. Police detained seven people after the pre-dawn raid, including […]
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Paris visitor: ‘Everyone in the hotel was in complete horror’
LEWISTON — A Kingfield woman said Tuesday that she was asleep in her room at a hotel next to the Eiffel Tower when the first three terrorist attacks occurred Friday night in Paris. “I woke up to the sound of my hotel room phone ringing,” said Emma Twitchell, who returned home Sunday. “I had about […]
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Shirley R. Thiriet
1918 – 2015 LEWISTON — Shirley R. Thiriet, 96, of Lisbon passed away on Monday, Sept. 28, at Central Maine Medical Center, following a heart attack a few days prior at her home. She was born on Dec. 24, 1918, in Lewiston, the daughter of Emile Marcoux and Anna McCarthy. Shirley was raised in Lewiston […]
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Sr. Mary Annunciation Therese Marcotte
1923 – 2015 AUBURN — Sister Mary Annunciation (Therese) Marcotte died on Saturday, May 2, at Bolster Heights Residential Care Facility in Auburn. She was born in Lewiston on May 14, 1923, to Arthur and Flavienne (Ouimet) Marcotte. She was baptized and confirmed at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Parish and received her […]
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Clarence H. Merrill
1925 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Clarence H. “Sonny” Merrill died Sunday, April 12, at the Maine Veterans’ Home. He was born in Poland on Aug. 8, 1925, the son of Clarence C. and Esther Martin Merrill. After graduating from South Paris High School in 1943, he served as a medic in World War II […]
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Dura Roosevelt Delano Jr.
1924 – 2015 McCOOK, Neb. — Dura Roosevelt “Dell” Delano Jr., of McCook, Neb., died on Monday, April 6, at Hillcrest Nursing Home following a brief illness. He was 90. He was born on Aug. 2, 1924, in Industry. His parents were Dura R. Delano Sr. and Mildred Chamberlain Delano of Rumford. He joined the […]
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Rene A. Ouellette
1934 – 2015 LEWISTON — Rene A. Ouellette age 80 of Lewiston passed away April 2, 2015 at Marshwood Nursing Home. Born in Lewiston April 16, 1934 the son of Emile and Marie (Jalbert) Ouellette. He attended St. Peter’s School and graduated from Lewiston High School class of 1952. Rene was a U.S. Army Veteran […]